Features

Robust applications. Rapid development.

Asynchronous programming (NEW)

Boost the performance of your principal application by offloading resource-intensive code segments to a secondary thread. Simply use the RUNASYNC function to execute code without the overhead of managing multiple threads. Once the result is ready to be consumed, you will receive a notification. Read More >>

Language enhancements

Now enjoy all the CFML features you’ve been asking for. Interact with external systems seamlessly with support for null, preservation of data types, and a more intuitive way of creating Java objects. Slash coding effort by manipulating arrays and queries easily. Format DateTime with a single function and much more. Read More >>

Create and manage all your REST services from a single application. The simple, intuitive UI makes it a breeze to validate the accuracy of your APIs. Make changes to your REST APIs without having to restart your application. Read More >>

Modern admin UI (NEW)

Enjoy a sleek, new responsive UI built on single web page architecture. Carry out all admin tasks faster with easier access to all the ColdFusion settings—just search for what you need. Read More >>

Full CFSCRIPT support

Work productively with complete scripting support for CFSCRIPT and even an optional semi colon to end a line of code. Develop applications faster and more easily by accessing every ColdFusion functionality using CFSCRIPT.

HTML to PDF conversion

Use the powerful conversion engine from Adobe to generate superior-quality PDF files from HTML pages. The engine parses the CSS and applies its settings to ensure that the content in the PDF file appears and functions as it does in the web browser, retaining its formatting, layout, and hyperlinks.

CLI and Read-Eval-Print Loop (REPL) (NEW)

Work with files, databases, and email, or invoke web services, by executing CFM via the command line. Now execute the admin API from the CLI to script your ColdFusion server settings. Test-drive or learn CFML with REPL support in CLI. Read More >>

Web services support

Publish and access web services with less code using the WSDL 2.0 specification and SOAP 1.2. Enable filtering on REST services using built-in support for JSON field projection. Control REST requests using the onRESTRequest lifecycle method.

Dynamic and interactive HTML5 charting

Implement a large repository of HTML5 charts using the built-in CFCHART tag. Easily create dynamic, data-heavy charts with a versatile server-side charting engine. Show data in a wide range of interactive formats with features such as zoom-in to help consumers get a granular view of information.

CFML-based mobile app development

Get a head start in the fast-growing market for mobile apps. Leverage your existing CFML skills to develop mobile apps, and use built-in integration with Adobe PhoneGap Build to easily and quickly deliver them as installed apps that run on iOS and Android devices.

Object-relational mapping support

Build and manage database-independent applications using object-relational mapping (ORM) without writing any SQL. Index and perform a full-text search of ORM entities with the built-in Lucene search engine, and obtain debug information through SQL logging.

Make PDF files more secure with electronic signatures. Let your users sign, certify and validate PDF files to establish document authenticity and integrity. Leverage new archiving capabilities, including support for PDF/A-2b, to enable preservation of electronic files as long-term, self-contained documents of record.

Full CFSCRIPT support

Work more productively with complete scripting support for CFSCRIPT. Develop applications faster and more easily by accessing all ColdFusion functionality using CFSCRIPT.

Object-relational mapping support

Build and manage database-independent applications using object-relational mapping (ORM) without writing any SQL. Index and perform a full-text search of ORM entities with the built-in Lucene search engine, and obtain debug information through SQL logging.

Secure and scalable HTML5 web sockets

Extend the power of HTML5 web sockets to public-facing web applications with real-time server response. Publish data more securely over Secure Socket Layer (SSL). Increase the size and capacity of operations without increasing overhead by scaling web socket applications across multiple nodes in the cluster.

External storage for session scope (New)

Eliminate concerns about memory constraints to store session data because you can now configure an external distributed store to retain session data outside memory. Get rid of sticky session configuration, and enjoy complete load balancing across all cluster nodes.

Connector enhancements

Confidently update your connector configuration because the previous state can now be restored if an error occurs during configuration. Deploy custom connector settings for every site by creating a separate connector for each one.

Comment exchange across files (New)

Make your review workflows more efficient. Easily export comments from PDF documents to XFDF files or vice versa. Comment positioning in the destination file matches the file from which the comments were imported.

Standardized PDF metadata (New)

Ensure consistency of PDF metadata across the organization. Easily create, share and apply metadata, including copyright notice, authoring data and keywords, by transferring metadata between PDF and XMP files.

Microsoft Office file interoperability

Leverage additional functionalities, such as page break and auto filter, to manage spreadsheets better. Generate PDF files from PowerPoint and Word files. Produce HTML and SWF files from PowerPoint presentations. Take advantage of several performance enhancements to work faster with Office 2010 files.

Powerful search with Apache Solr

Get flexibility to index and search based on dynamic custom fields, along with support for 17 additional languages. Use the data import handler for improved database indexing, and enjoy better control by reloading individual collections without restarting Solr.

Work faster by using CFML for your scripting needs. Execute CFM files via the command line to work with files, databases and email or invoke web services. Pass named or positional parameters to the CFM files for dynamic customization.

CFML enhancements

Reduce multiple lines of code to just one by using the safe navigation operator to avoid multiple ISDEFINED or NULL checks. Leverage the new data structure to maintain the insertion order. Use other language enhancements, such as additional member functions, the passarraybyreference setting and searchImplicitScopes, to boost developer productivity and application performance.

Email management

Effectively manage email without writing much code. Easily send email using an SMTP server with the CFMAIL tag. Attach a callback handler to the CFMAIL tag to get delivery notifications. Manage email by connecting to an IMAP server with the CFIMAP tag, and retrieve mail from a POP mail server with the CFPOP tag.

Dynamic and interactive HTML5 charting

Implement a large repository of HTML5 charts using the built-in CFCHART tag. Easily create dynamic, data-heavy charts with a versatile server-side charting engine. Show data in a wide range of interactive formats with features such as zoom-in to help consumers get a granular view of information.

Web services support

Publish and access web services with less code using the revamped engine that supports the WSDL 2.0 specification, SOAP 1.2 and document literal wrapped style. Now generate swagger documents for your REST services based on the metadata configured in the REST CFC and Application CFC.

CFML-based mobile app development

Get a head start in the fast-growing market for mobile apps. Leverage your existing CFML skills to develop mobile apps and use built-in integration with Adobe PhoneGap Build to easily and quickly deliver them as installed apps that run on iOS and Android devices.

Shield the code. Strengthen the core.

Auto lockdown (NEW)

Now implement lockdown of your production server with a single click. All steps in the lockdown guide will be systematically followed, ensuring that the security measures are fail-safe and in compliance. Post-lockdown, the system will continue to be monitored for potential breaches. Know More >>

Security enhancements

Leverage the NTLM authentication support on CFSHAREPOINT, CFOBJECT, and CFINVOKE to provide authentication, integrity, and confidentiality to users. Take advantage of Common Access Card (CAC) authentication to access ColdFusion administrator and Performance Monitoring Toolset

PDF redaction

Ensure confidentiality of content while sharing or distributing PDF documents. Redact select portions of visible content, including images, before sharing PDF files. Redacted areas are permanently removed and appear as blanked- or grayed-out in the PDF document.

Deep insights. Dramatic results.

Server Monitor (NEW)

Flag performance issues and isolate problem areas so that you can initiate corrective action much faster. Know the average response time and throughput across the cluster, or specific to a node, application, or page, in real time. The information will also be automatically archived for historical analysis. Know More >>

Code profiler (NEW)

Swiftly identify and resolve complex performance issues buried deep in your code. Get the detailed information required to pinpoint the root cause of bottlenecks, and troubleshoot applications more effectively. Know More >>

Database Monitor (NEW)

Make sure your database does not act as a drag on application performance. Monitor all database queries, transactions, and query cache, visually, and get pre-determined or customized alerts to pro-actively take preventive or corrective action. Know More >>

External Services Monitor (NEW)

Zero in on external factors such as web services, file system, mail server, LDAP, Microsoft SharePoint, or transfer protocols, that could be slowing down application performance. Ensure that all the components of your IT infrastructure are working in sync. Know More >>

Automatic connecter tuning [NEW]

Ensure that your websites are always up and running. Eliminate 503 Service Unavailable errors by allowing the Performance Monitoring Toolset to dynamically adjust connector settings based on incoming traffic. Know More >>

Distributed cache (NEW)

Improve performance and enhance scalability by leveraging built-in support for three popular industry engines: JCS, Memcached, and Redis. Also plug in your own caching engine by implementing a simple CFML interface. Know More >>

External storage for session scope

Eliminate concerns about memory constraints to store session data because you can now configure an external distributed store to retain session data outside of memory. Get rid of sticky sessions configuration, and enjoy complete load balancing across all cluster nodes.